Richard chidley



R. GHIDLEY.

TBA POT.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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NrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD OHIDLEY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

T E A P O T SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,727,dated April 26, 1892. Application tiled September 16, 1891. Serial No.l05,853. (No model.) Patented in England October 21, 1889, No. 161,582.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD CHIDLEY, a subject of Her Majesty the Queenof Great Britain, residing at 39 Whittington Road, Bowes Park, VoodGreen, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tea-Pots, (for which I havereceived Letters Patent in England,No. 16,582, dated October 2l, 1889;)and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,

- which will enable others skilled in .the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, the title of said invention being an improvementin the construction of tea-pots..

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of tea-potsand the like, the objects thereof being to prevent overflowing at thetop While the contents are being poured out and to prevent thetea-leaves or the like from congregating around the internal orifice ofthe spout, thus preventing or obstructing the How of the liquor, and toenable the vessel to be more easily cleaned internally as compared withsuch vessels hitherto made and used.

In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I haveappended the accompanying sheet of drawings, in Which- Figure 1represents a sectional elevation of the improved tea-pot with the lidclosed, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with the lid open.

In carrying my invention into ettect I construct a tea-pot in such amanner that the orifice covered by the lid A is situated nearer to thehandle than to the spout, and in the Case of metal tea-pots the hinge orother joint B of said lid is reversed relatively to such vessels ashitherto made and used, so that said lid A opens from the handle towardthe spout, as shown at Fig. 2. the inclosed space between B and thefront of the pot preventing overflow when the contents are being pouredout. The top `of the tea-pot is formed so as to slope from C to D; or,in other words, to be higher at the frontC than at the back D, theobject of this arrangement being to further guard against or preventsaid overliow While pouring out.

In the case of an eartlienware tea-pot or the like I may dispense withthe hinge or joint B and employ a lid with a projecting fillet iittinginto or under the top of the pot at the part occupied by B in the metalpot, the otherwise arrangement of the orifice and the slope of the topbeing exactly as before mentioned. I also in the case of metal pots fixor attach a perforated plate E to the inside of the pot, which extendsfrom the lower edge ot' the internal orifice F of the spout, Fig. l, in-an upward direction, terminating near the top of the pot at a pointabout midway between O and D, or a sufcient distance from the pointrepresented by B to enable a small bottle or other like brush to bepassed between B and the top of E for the purpose of cleaning that partof thepot. In the case of earthenware pots, in View of the possibledifficulty that may arise in some kinds of Ware of stoving or baking thepot Without distorting or buckling the perforated plate E when madeintegrally with the pot, I may arrange a slot or groove at each side ofthe pot, into which an earthenware or metal perforated plate may be slidin the same position as before mentioned. It will be understood that thetea or the like to be infused would be placed in the pot behind E, andthe object of the angle at which E is iixed is in order that themashing-space may be as large as possible, and, further, because I havefound in practice that if the plate E be fixed vertically the liquor inthe space between E and Fdoes not participate in the infusion ormashing. Consequently the first portion of the liquor poured out wouldbe much weaker than the remainder, which is obviated by placing E at theangle shown `by Fig. l, and the large straining-surface provided by Eentirely prevents the obstruction of the spout by tealeaves or the likeand enables the contents of the pot to be poured out freely and retainsthe leaves and sediment and furnishes a means for the perfect cleansingof all parts of the vessel.

Having noW fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters:

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tition orscreen Within the body of the pot, eX- In witness whereof Ihave hereunto set my tending from the base of Iche inner opening hand inpresence of two Witnesses. of the spout to a point beyond the innerportion of the top, whereby when the lid is RICHARD CHIDLEY' 5 raisedaccess may be had to the interior of Witnesses:

the pot on both sides of the partition, sub- GEO. Trios. HYDE, stanrallyas set forth. GERALD F. BIRD.

